School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Leadership and Strategy: Studies in the Exercise of Power
  • Unit Code

    HIS3108
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kay Elizabeth HEARN

Description

Political leaders are the subject of increasing interest and scrutiny. As the post-world war two global order has come under increasing challenge, we have seen the rise of leaders interested in exerting their influence on the world stage. What makes an effective leader? Why do some succeed and others fail? How does a nation’s history and political system shape a leader’s style? And have the results of leaders’ actions confirmed or challenged the ideas of political and military strategy advocated by key thinkers? Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this unit examines a range of contemporary leaders from both democratic and authoritarian systems and examines their background influences, their leadership styles, and the roles they have played in helping to shape the present and the future.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess the attributes and impacts of issues and trends in case studies of leadership and strategy.
  2. Evaluate the characteristics and ethical implications of the social and political influences on and effects of leadership and strategy in history.
  3. Formulate and implement a framework of study regarding modern leadership and strategy, referencing relevant historical and theoretical contexts.
  4. Plan, justify and review a framework of tasks and analysis applied to a project.

Unit Content

  1. Theories of leadership and strategy.
  2. Biographical case studies of selected modern leaders.
  3. Impacts of social and political context on leadership.
  4. Historical impacts and contemporary challenges of selected leaders.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Research PaperResearch plan 10%
EssayResearch essay30%
AssignmentTheory assignment 40%
Reflective PracticeReflective journal20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Research PaperResearch plan 10%
EssayResearch essay30%
AssignmentTheory assignment40%
Reflective PracticeReflective journal20%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Leadership and Strategy: Studies in the Exercise of Power
  • Unit Code

    HIS3108
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kay Elizabeth HEARN

Description

Political leaders are the subject of increasing interest and scrutiny. As the post-world war two global order has come under increasing challenge, we have seen the rise of leaders interested in exerting their influence on the world stage. What makes an effective leader? Why do some succeed and others fail? How does a nation’s history and political system shape a leader’s style? And have the results of leaders’ actions confirmed or challenged the ideas of political and military strategy advocated by key thinkers? Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this unit examines a range of contemporary leaders from both democratic and authoritarian systems and examines their background influences, their leadership styles, and the roles they have played in helping to shape the present and the future.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess the attributes and impacts of issues and trends in case studies of leadership and strategy.
  2. Evaluate the characteristics and ethical implications of the social and political influences on and effects of leadership and strategy in history.
  3. Formulate and implement a framework of study regarding modern leadership and strategy, referencing relevant historical and theoretical contexts.
  4. Plan, justify and review a framework of tasks and analysis applied to a project.

Unit Content

  1. Theories of leadership and strategy.
  2. Biographical case studies of selected modern leaders.
  3. Impacts of social and political context on leadership.
  4. Historical impacts and contemporary challenges of selected leaders.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Research PaperResearch plan 10%
EssayResearch essay30%
AssignmentTheory assignment 40%
Reflective PracticeReflective journal20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Research PaperResearch plan 10%
EssayResearch essay30%
AssignmentTheory assignment40%
Reflective PracticeReflective journal20%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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